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Frame Donald P DDS
2220 West Main Street
Visalia, CA 93291
Steven H. Sumida, D.D.S.
310 East Center Avenue
Visalia, CA 93291
Richard Dunn Inc: Dunn Richard DDS
101 West Tulare Avenue
Visalia, CA 93277
Cosmetic Touch Dental Group: Grigoryan Mariya DDS
2634 West Walnut Avenue
Visalia, CA 93277
Elmer Jennifer M DDS
30979 Road 67
Visalia, CA 93291
Phillips James T DDS
5423 West Hillsdale Avenue
Visalia, CA 93291
Dr. Jason L. Jeter, DDS
805 West Acequia Avenue
Visalia, CA 93291
Cambria Greg
300 East Mineral King Avenue
Visalia, CA 93291
Gilbert Lam, DDS
300 East Mineral King Avenue
Visalia, CA 93291
Visalia Dental Group: Hover Richard F DDS
300 East Mineral King Avenue
Visalia, CA 93291
Can everyone wear braces? Unfortunately, some patients cannot. Why? Everyone would like to have white, healthy and straight teeth. Majority of us, when able to afford it, can straighten their teeth and eventually overcome complexes, which might have been disturbing us since our childhood. Straight teeth are important not only from the aesthetical point of view: malocclusions may cause a lot of diseases such as mobility or drifting of teeth, periodontal diseases or temporomandibular joint diseases. Moreover, ... .
Malocclusion means all kinds of possible deviations from ideal occlusion. It manifests itself with a misalignment of the teeth in the dental arch, delayed teething, having supernumerary or missing teeth as well as having teeth of abnormal size or shape. Malocclusion does not only affect your appearance, but also has an impact on the oral cavity functions. In effect, you might suffer from breathing, chewing, swallowing or even speech disorders. Overbite, underbite and crossbite are the most ... .
A treatment has to be conducted whenever a malocclusion is diagnosed. Otherwise, it may cause face deformation or have many undesirable health consequences. ... .
In order to maintain the effects of the orthodontic treatment, we have to undergo the retention phase, which will prevent possible return of malocclusion. What is the retention phase and how long does it take? During the orthodontic treatment our teeth change their position. The braces force the teeth to move from places where they have stayed during our whole life. Unfortunately, usually the braces are not enough to hold the teeth in the desired position for ... .
Beautiful smile, as well as healthy and straight teeth, are very often an effect of a long-term and expensive treatment. Modern orthodontics offers a great variety of different malocclusion treatments. Unfortunately, we have to pay for some of them. ... .